Poll (of sorts): Just one-word answers, please!

[Rebecca Petris]

Thank you everyone for the responses... This is getting very interesting. I'm going to make it a sticky so we can continue collecting everyone's input. Keep 'em coming!

[Michael2]

raw...like an open blister that won't fully heal

acid if I tear too much

[RCK]

re: pain

severe, sharp, knife-like, burning.

[regina]

I will go with pain

[RCK]

Poll

sharp, agonizing!

Rhoda

[Tempestuous]

The sensation depends on the event.

So, using the pain scale of 1-10 with 10 being severe I've broken it into Event... Sensation... Pain level.
Take from it what you like.


RCE erosion = rip = 10

48 hour Post erosion blinking = stabbing pain = 9

48 hour post erosion = just pain = 8

Light sensitivity = stabbing (at front of eyes) + throbbing (at back of eyes + temple) = 4

Background discomfort = gritty / scraping = 1

On application of lubricants = burning sensation (exactly the same as chills being rubbed in eyes) = 1

[izzy3usa2002]

Glass! Mine hurt so bad sometimes feels like glass in my eye. Broken glass.

[littlemermaid]

Child with MGD: photophobia, tearing, no energy. In children there can be no other sensation, therefore often undiagnosed resulting in severe vascularisation, corneal melt; still no pain as adults describe.

[calcan]

photophobia, burning

[socratese]

me

Mentholburn sensation

[mylittlem]

For me it is the photophobia first. Secondary would be the burning.

[msny]

For those of you who have significant corneal pain or other form of discomfort:

Can you please tell me in 1 word or very short phrase what your dominant pain sensation is?

If you have multiple symptoms, try to articulate the pain sensation that seems to be the most debilitating, that most interferes with your usual activities.

Examples (but please add different ones if none of these fits you!)

burning
foreign body sensation
scratchy
gritty
sore
pressure
photophobia
menthol sensation

Eyes get soreness.

[lui]

Burning,

[Sammy B.]

I'm going to go with soreness/tightness.

And I would LOVE to hear what people's causes of dry eye are in this thread as well, if they are known. I don't think people always list LASIK or a similar surgery as the cause in their profiles. Probably for good reason. I don't want to admit it either.

Ho hum.

[tennisiu]

sore/burning glare is a big problem